China Names Rising Leader to Chongqing Post

By

Brian Spegele

Updated Nov. 20, 2012 7:30 p.m. ET

BEIJING—China's Communist Party appointed a rising leader as party chief of Chongqing, the stronghold of ousted political star Bo Xilai, as political analysts and businesses began looking for clues to which officials among a new generation are being prepped for top offices.

Sun Zhengcai, 49 years old, was appointed Chongqing party chief, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. Mr. Bo had wielded populist support in the...